Fishing float



July 28, 1953 P. A. NORDLUND 2,646,643

FISHING FLOAT Filed Jan. 22, 1951 Patented July 28,1953

. Application January 22, 1951, Serial No. 207,219 In Sweden May 2, 1949 winding up of said amount of line on a, spool 1 Claim. (01. 43-4311) within the float which may cause different troubles.

These and other objects will become apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention illustrated in the accompanying drawing, where Fig. 1 shows an elevation of the float, lead and hook tackled onto the anglin line, Fig. 2 shows a sectional elevation of the float taken along line II--lI in Fig. 3, Fig. 3 shows a plan View of the lower part of the float, and Fig. 4 shows a sectional elevation of the lower part of the float with the line control mechanism as viewed from line IV-IV in Fig. 3, the shaft and runner being shown in full.

In the drawing, I designates the lower part of the hollow floatcomprising a cork body resting in a shell or cage 3. 2 denotes the upper part of the hollow float,which likewise comprises a cork body enclosed by an upper shell or cage The shell or cages 3 and 4 are provided with threads 5 at their adjacent large ends, and are interconnected by means of a threaded rim 5 applied onto the threaded ends of the float members and keeping them together. I designates a bulge on the cages 3 and 4 for limiting the movements of the threaded rim'fi. 8 is th fishing lin 9 is a lead on the line, and I is the hook.

The line control device included in the cavity IQ of the float comprises a line .wheel II secured to a tubular member I2, which is rotatably mounted within the float. The fishing line 8 is passed around the wheel II so that the line will run through the float and cause the wheel and the tubular member to rotate when the line is taken in or payed out. Openings 2| and 22 respectively for the line 8 are arranged centrally in the top and the bottom of the float, and the tubular member I2 is slightly eccentrically arranged within th float. I

The tubular member I2 carrying thev line wheel I l is provided at its ends with recesses for a threaded shaft I having its ends fixedly mounted in lugs projecting upwardly from a mounting plate I4 covering the lower semi-spherical part 3 of the float. Along said threaded shaft I5 a threaded runner or nut I6 is movable and said runner is provided with a projecting pin I1, which is guided by the edges of a longitudinal slit I3 provided in the tubular member I2 so that the runner IE will be caused to rotate and to move along the stationary threaded shaft I5 at the rotation of the line wheel I I and the tubular member I2. In the line wheel II there is provided a through-recess 2i for the passage of the pin II during the movement of the runner I6 along the threaded shaft I5. I8 denotes guide plates ex tending upwardly and downwardly into the upper and lower parts of the float for retaining'the mountingplate I4 and the cork bodies of the float in proper relative positions.

The float is operated in the following manner:

After the float, lead and hook have been tackled onto the line, th float is opened to ascertain that the runner I6 is in its stop position at the extreme left of the threaded shaft I5. When'such is the case the line wheel II is held fast, and the angling line is drawn out to the desired length while sliding on the stationary line wheel, whereupon the line wheel is released and the float closed and permitted to run down along the angling line toward the lead. The float running down the line will cause the line wheel to turn a number of revolutions corresponding to the amount of line covered by the float and since the wheel will bring the slitted tube I2 along in its rotary movementthe pin I! on the threaded runner I6 will be actuated and the runner screwed towards the right along the threaded shaft I5 for a distance depending on the length of the line passed. When the float comes down to the lead it is ready for being cast out. When the float reaches the water level, th lead 9 will, in cooperation with the bait, pull the line and thus screw the runner back to rest in the stop position to the left and thus the line will be drawn out to the pre-set depth.

When the float is raised out of the water, it is caused to run down along the line toward the lead by its own Weight so that the runner is again returned to its free position and thus'the float will again be conditioned for another cast..

The center of gravity of the control devices is situated oifset from the center line of the float,

which together with the weight of the lead causes delivered directly from the hand like a baseball.

The arrangement may obviously be varied with respect to the details thereof, without the principle of the invention being departed from.

I claim:

In a fishing float including a hollow buoyant body having openings for passing a fishing line therethrough, a line control device comprising a mounting within said float, an inner, threaded shaft rigidly secured at both ends thereof to said mounting laterally of the center line of the float, a runn r threaded on to said inner shaft and having a pin projecting substantially radially therefrom, a rotatable tubular member coaxial with and enclosing said inner shaft, said tubular .1

4 member having a longitudinal slit receiving said runner pin, and a line wheel rigidly mounted on said rotatable tubular member, said wheel receiving a turn of the fishing line in order to be rotated as the line moves through th float.

PER ADOLF NORDLUND.

References Cited in the file of this patent 1 UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 541,789 Kunzelman June 25, 1895 1,973,028 Thomas 1 Sept. 11, 1934 2,17%697 Fairbanks et a1. Oct. 31, 1939 2,531,940 Kirschman Nov. 28, 1950 

